Four years on, I am finally ready for a longer visit to my alt 1880s world of automatons and artists in Paris. I’m plotting the full sequel to The Archimedean Heart, my first full-length novel. This time, the protagonist is the roboticist Adelaide Coumain, although Henri will appear in an important role. No more hints!
I did write a short novella featuring Adelaide that was published in The Clockwork Oracle. That was set just after the events of Arch Heart. This new story will occur the following year. Much has happened in France when the book opens. Oh dear, I said no more hints, but there I go again.
I am planning on starting to write the book in November, during NaNoWriMo. Yep, I signed up for the madness once more. This means that to make my word count, I will be scribbling madly on the train to Reno when we go to the High Desert Steam Festival mid-November.
And since I generally struggle with titles, my dear daughter C came up with the perfect title:
The Vitruvian Mask
I’ll talk about the meaning in another post.
BJ Sikes, author 